Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Item No. 51914

དབུས་ཀྱི་སྣང་བརྙན་གང་རུང་། 任何中心人物
(item no. 51914)
Origin Location Tibet
Date Range 1700 - 1799
Lineages Jonang (Sakya), Kagyu, Karma (Kagyu) and Buddhist
Material Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection Private
Interpretation / Description

Raktapāṇi (phyag dmar), an emanation of Nīvaraṇaviṣkambhin. Red Hands: the 6th Knowledge Holder (vidyadhara, rig den) and sometimes said to be an emanation of Ushnisha Chakravartin.

Blue in colour he holds an axe in the upraised right hand and the severed head of Brahma in the left.

Katog Tsewang Norbu text: "the sixth vidyadara, Raktapani, emanation of Ushnisha Chakravartin."

Jeff Watt 1-2003


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